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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
THE INDIANS LECTURES.

The Cheyenne Indian, whose arriv-
al we announced last week, lectured
at the c. +. College last Friday and
Saturday nights, and again by request
at the Methodist church on Sunday
night. An admission fee of 10 cents
for children and Is cents for adults
was charged on Saturday night. At
all of his appearances here he was
greeted with crowded houses. The
subject Of his lectures was the Chris
tianizing and civilizing of the Indian
tribes, and by his natural gifts of ora
tory, his zeal and earnestness in pre-
senting his cause, and his interesting
manner of handling his subject, he
Captivated all who heard him. OF
course the curiosity of seeing and
hearing genuine Indian aided great
ly in drawing him large crowds, but
he never failed to interest his every
hearer, from the youngest to the old
est, and he won the hearty sympa-
thies of all our people for his cause.
He ably and logically maintained the
position that the Indians can be
civilized and transformed into good
and useful citizens at much less cost
to the people of the United States
than they can be extcrminated with
guns and bayonets. He makes =
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

most earnest and eloquent plea to the
people to send missionaries among
the Indians to educate them, and lift
them from the dark wigwams of
heathenism to the life-giving light of
the gospel. Personally this Indian
lisa pleasant, intelligent, Christian
gentleman. Hehas good education,
having spent seven years in the Usage
mission school in Kansas. He is put
ting his talents to good use, and
we heartily commend him to all COM
munities he may visit in Tennessee.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

TIE time is coming when the Con-
gress of the United States will have
to remain in continual session, with
occasional recesses to allow the men,
bers to visit their homes. The neces-
sity for this is becoming more appar-
ent by the constant increase of bust
ness coming before each succeeding
Congress. This would be no unreos-
enable demand for the country to
make upon Congress. At present the
members do about one years work
and drawtwO years pay. The long ses-
sion Of each Congress lasts for from
six TO eight months, and the short
session three months. Our Congress
men might very well decrease their
play without any increase of their
pay.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

Milan Exchanges: Commissioner
Hord is planning good program for
the good of the farmers of the state,
which will be carried out and result
in great benefit to the state if the
legislature will make the usual ap-
preparation. The farmers have never
received the help due them from
that officer heretofore and we rejoice
that Maj. Hord will make the agri-
cultural part of his Office the leading
part hereafter. He says the "tail has
heretofore wagged the dog" but that
will not now be the case.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

Housekeeper-Are you. = good
washer and ironer?" Applicant
"Please, mum, the last family l was
with sent their washing to the laun-
dry" Can you make good bread?"
"Most folks buy of the bakers nova
days,mum." "Isuppose. you can
sweep" "The lady used to do that,
mum, wild carpet-sweeper," Well,
| suppose you at least know how to
wash Dishes" "Indade, mum, if it's
4 common dish-washer We want, We
better be after hirn' a mayer. Good
day mum. Omaha World.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

OUR exchanges will please forbear
any further remarks on the probahili-
ties of cholera during the summer,
which is due here on schedule time
in about two months, until the funer-
al of winter is over. This very i'm
pressive occasion is making rather
tardy progress just now, and we
wouldn't like to have any further
impediments thrown in its way.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
School Property
For Sale or Lease

Irving College is located miles from Nc
Mnnville, in Warren County, Tenn, in a
thickly settled neighborhood, beautifully
situated in healthy, prosperous section OF
country. The property consists of 5 or &
acres of ground under good fence, nev9e
failing spring OF freestone water; brick
college building S0X50 feet, one two stors
frame building for boarding house, with y
rooms, % brick dormitorics. This entire
property will be sold for 100000, or leased
for termof years on favorable terms For
further information call on or address.
&. w. MEAD, Sec'y and Treasurer
ShellsfOrd, Tenn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

The Constitutional convention bill
failed in the Senate Monday for want
of a constitutional majority. Thus
our feeble and emaciated old consti-
tuition has it's days of uselessness and
inefficiency heightened out two more
years. The demand for new con-
stitution will become so general by
the time another General Assembly
is elected, that it cannot be longer ig-
nored.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
DIR. ]. B. Ritchey. Agricultural Editor.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
OUR AGENTS.

Dons mot oOm Ths
real name of the author must accompany
every communication, or else it will be con.
signed to the waste basket. We do not pub.
lish the names of correspondents, but want
them simply as a guarantee of coed faith.
All calls on candidates, obituaries, trib.
utes of respect, ETC., are charged for as ad.
vertising matter. Simple announcements of
deaths, marriages, etc., will be published
without charge, and our friends all over the
county will confer favor by furnishing us
with such as soon after their occurrence as
possible.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

A GOOD many of our exchanges are
complaining about the injustice of
giving the Nashville papers a monopo-
ly ofpublishing the laws enacted by
the General Assembly. The country
publishers should have small slice
of this pie, at least to the extent OF
publishing the local laws in the pa
pers of the counties they effect. The
newspaper men will in all probability
bring the matter before the next
General Assembly.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Nashville American.
Gov. Taylor has appointed DIR.
Glenn, of Gibson County, Surgeon of
the penitentiary.
1t is said that this Legislature has
done more work than any preceding
one for many years, and the acts and
journals will be larger.
The Executive has named Robert
Burrow, of Johnson City, of East
Tennessee, Superintendent of the
State prison. He was former part.
ner of Gov. Taylor and co-editor of
the johnson City Comet, founded in
1883, and of which Mr.. Burrow is now
editor alone.
The roll call of the House Saturday
showed ninety-eight members pres
ent, something that has not occurred
before during the session. The result
was greeted with applause. Had the
gentleman from Lincoln been in his
seat the full membership would have
been present.
The question of the liability of GER
tain druggists for privilege tax, not
withstanding the relief granted by
the present General Assembly, will
be settled by the Supreme Court in
the early part of the approaching ses-
sion at Jackson. An agreed state
ment of facts has already been made
out, and the questions will be settled.
The Attorney General for the State
says the relief act is nullity, and the
executions will be issued at once on
the Judgements.
Perhaps there has never been q ses-
sion of the Legislature where there
was more good feeling and friendly
intercourse exhibited among the
members than in the session just clos
ing. The members with very few
exceptions have been uniformly court
eous and obliging to each other, and
throughout the entire session there
has been shown an earnest desire to
promote the public good. Although
large proportion of the body has
been young men, inexperienced in
public life, they have shown them
selves fully up to every emergency
In the main the members have con-
Quoted themselves well, and can well
go before their people with the record
they have made.
The following gentlemen have been
appointed trustees of the Tennessee
Industrial School: Hon. Sam j
Kirkpatrick, of Jonesboro; VIM
Geddes, of Athens; Hon. James NJ
Head, l.. F. Benson and Lewis T
Baxter, of Nashville, and from Wes
Tennessee Senator Sanford and thu
Hon. Thos. j. Latham. The provis
ions.Of their appointments made nee
esSary the selection of one Republi
, can from each division Of the State
Mr.. Baxter, Of this city, prominen
9 lawyer; Geddes, of Athens, and on
t of the largest stock men in the Stat
5 and President of the Stock Breeder
: Association in 1886, and Hon. Sam j
Kirkpatrick, Of Jonesboro, with tn
[ latter Gov. Taylor read law in 1857
), He was member of the last Consti
/ tutionai Convention of the State,
: member ofthe Re fierce Court at Knox
: vile, and a prominent candidate 70
Supreme Judge of the State from tn
Easternsection. The remaining trus
tees are we'll known gentlemen {
prominence in this city and Men
-, phis.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

MAI. ID. A. CARPENTER, an eX-
Union soldier, has received the APP
pointment of Pension Agent at Knox
vile. Mr.. Wagner was appointed
last fall as the successor of Gen. Tay-
Tor in this office, but the Senate de-
clined to confirm his appointment.
The Knoxville agency is the pension
distribution Office for the whole
south.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

Why is it that while nearly every
town and village in the south is pros
porous and thriving Fayetteville
seems to be dead Fayetteville Ex-
press.
We expect the reason good many
towns are dead is because their news
papers talk about them in the above
manner. Such remarks as the above
always remind us of a man trying to
stop his child from crying by whip
ping it. If a town wasn't already
dead language like the sentence quot
ed, from local paper, would assist
materially in bringing about the
funeral. The way some local papers
boom their towns is like blowing
wind into little rubber balloons,
they "swell up and bust, but it takes
something more than wind to make
them rise. Local papers should not
create or encourage mere wind booms
neither should they retard the prog
ress of their town by always finding
fault. If you can't do anything but
grumble about your town and people,
change the subject, and talk about
something else. In the eloquent Ian
guage of Frank SiddaPs soap adver.
tisement, "don't be clam"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

OUR list of prohibition newspapers
is swelling every week. We believe
it will embrace the majority of the
papers of the State by the heat of the
campaign.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

A SPECIAL to the Nashville Union
from Tullahoma reports inch ofsnow
at that place Tuesday night, and the
thermometer down to 2Oo above
zero. 1t makes no difference what
happens in this country, Tullahoma
can always pile it on just little
thicker than any other town in the
State. If only three flakes of snow
had fallen in Tullahoma it would
have counted an inch. They always
count in whole numbers, and never
bother with fractions.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

THE spring meeting of the Nash
vile Presbytery will convene at
franklin next Thursday night, April
the 18th at 7 o'clock.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

SOME of the citizens of Tullahoma
are very much agitated over q hog
law which forbids his hogship to roam
at large on the streets.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

OIL has been discovered in large
quantities near Dayton, Tenn, and
company representing a capital
stock of 100000 has been formed to
develop it.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

Both houses of the forty-tifth Gen
eral Assembly of Tennessee adjourn
ed at noon Tuesday, it being the 10th
day of the session. They gave the
State one days services for which
they received no pay. Fhe adjourn
ment was marked by the usual can
ing of the speakers, and the presenta-
ton to the other officers of suitable
presents. According to the report in
the Nashville papers, the session
wound up with a regular love feast in
both Houses, during which tears
flowed freely.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

WITH its last issue, Mr.. f. G. Bar
Der retired from the Sequachee
News, Mr.. Frank w. Barber taking
entire charge Of the paper. The
paper gives evidence of good editori-
nj attention.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

THE Interstate Commission assem-
bled at Washington Thursday, re-
ceived their commissions and took
the oath of Office. Judge Cooley was
unanimously elected chairman of the
commission.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

Mr.. FAIRCHILD, Of New York,
succeeds Mr., Manning as Secretary
of the Treasury. Mr.. Fairchild was
assistant Secretary under Mr.. Man
ming. Mr.. j. H. Maynard, of New
York, now becomes assistant Secre-
tary.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

]. ]. FINLEY, the new United
States Senator from Florida, is a ma
tive of Wilson county, Tenn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

THE New York sun has commence
ed the publication of an evening edi-
ton, several copies of which have
come to our table. 1t is a bright,
spicy little sheet, and sells for a
penny.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

JOHN G. SAKE, the poet, died at
Albany NY, Thursday.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
AT

STATE OF TENNESSEE, County or Warren, SIS;
!, Jesse Walling, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
JESSE MAILING, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Sth day of March, 1887.
o. NJ. THURMAN, Notary Public.
Commentaries:
J. s. HARRISON,
w. II. MAGNEss, Directors.
WILL. Ii. MAGNEss,Jr,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02

By the aid of a conference commit
tee the General Assembly got their
Revenue and Appropriation bills
through last Monday, the Assessment
bill having been previously finished
up. Altogether, some good work
was done during the session, and
some very important work was left
undone. The forty-fifth General AS
sembly has brought less censure
upon its members than any Assem-
bly, that has met in a number of
years. Both houses maintained to
a remarkable degree the dignity and
high standing which should character
ize such bodies.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
THE NASHVILLE BANNER.
The Cheapest and Most Popular News
paper Published in Nashville.

The Nashville Banner has maintained its
prestige as one of the newsiest and most
popular journals in the south and as having
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nessee. 1t is bold outspoken, independ'
ent paper, fair and fearless in its discussions
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER.
THE DAILY COMMERCIAL,
OF Chattanooga, Tenn.

Has been re.organized as an eight page
morning paper with Sunday edition of
twelve pages and Weekly edition OF twelve
pages. 1t is full of General and State news,
and Republican in principles.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
SOUTHERN STANDARD.

r. M. REAAGS,
EDITOR AND PROPHET
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-02
The Celebrated Horse.
M a rn11i On

Description and Pedigree--Marmion
is a beautiful bay, with black legs, name,
and tail, full l6H hands high; extra large
and powerful bone, and superior style and
action for horse of his size; years old.
Marmion was sired by Major, the horse pur.
chased in Illinois in the Spring OF 1879,
and he by the celebrated French. Norman,
st. Laurent, imported by E. Dillon Co.,
Normal, Ill. Marmion's dam was Sired by
Esq. John Waddles draft horse, of Favctte.
vile, Tenn, and her dam by Sir George.
TERMS-Sl0 90 to insure living colt. All
accidents at owners risk
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
Thomas Jefferson's Indebtedness.

Driven to extremitieS by the necessity OF
paving a security debt of $4,000 which he
had Endorsed, he applied to the legislature Of
Virginia i'll the last year CT his life TO be
allowed TO dispose of his property by lottery.
If it is permitted III my case, he writes,
"my lands here alone, with the mills, etc,
will pay everything, and viii leave Month
cello and farm free. II refused, L must sell
everything here, perhaps considerably in
Bedford, move thither with my family,
where l have not even a log hut TO put my
head into" The privilege asked was finally
granted, but so tardily that it wrung from
him, like a groan of anguish, the sentence,
a. count on nothing now. / am taught to
know my standard
As 50 often happens, the lottery scheme
failed through popular apathy. Bat the pub
JIG sympathy was u some extent aroused,
and citizens Of New York, of Philadelphia,
and of Baltimore sent him contributions
amounting in the aggregate to $1,000 This
relief. though inadequate, WAS Vet sufficient
10 justify his belief that Monticello would he
saved to his daughter IN this hope he died
July / 1926, having occupied Monticello as a
home Just six years more team half a CEN
tury, and was buried IN the little graveyard
lie had planned nearly three-quarteTs Of
century before. G. Nicoiay in The Cen
rr,g-y-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

man." gasped Mr.. c., looking wildly round
as if he wanted to clutch something. I've
got heart disease as sure as gum" Not
quite as bad as that, trust Take Off your
coat" Association and percussion were
speedily performed; then the professor
laughed in C.'s face. "Sound as bell, man."
he said go home to your dinner, and don't
be fool" The doctor did not sitdown again,
however No; he was afraid there would be
more of them, SO he hurried along through
the squad and got into his carriage. But he
had two more visits at his residence On the
same night from frightened students, and
every day during the remainder Of that week
he had visit Or two of the same kind. On
the following Monday he got Oh TO fevers,
and the students completely recovered from
their cardiac complaints. -Cassell's Magazine
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
Description of Yokohama

And now as 10 the city of Yokohama
which is in reality an aggregation of three
large towns-a foreign settlement in the mid
die, a native town at the eastern end ami
what is known rs the Bluff At the western
end. The foreign settlement contains hotels.
public and consular buildings fine foreign
stores of all descriptions and the homes Of
quite number of the foreign residents and
is faced by sea wall, along which runs .
smooth. wide street called the Bund
The bluff is q succession OF small hills,
thicl,ly dotted with handsome foreign and
native cottages in various pleasing STYLES of
architecture and, in most Cases nesting III
pretty gardens of trees, shrubs and flowers.
The Americans, French and English each
have a hospital on the Bluff, and OF cour Sc
that Of our country is the poorest looking one
Of the throe.--Cor Baltimore Sun
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
an OMINOus INCIDENT.
Story Concerning Abraham Iincoln's
Second Nomination-rA Vision.

Story Concerning Abraham Jincoln's
Second Nomination-rA Vision.
On the day of Mr. Lincolns denomination
at Baltimore he was engaged at the war de-
partment in constant telegraphic communi-
cation with Gen. Grant, then in front of
Richmond Throughout the day he seemed
wholly unconscious. that ANYTHING was going
on at Baltimore in which his Interests were
in any way concerned At luncheon time he
went to the White House. swallowed q hasty
lunch, and without entering his private Office
hurried back to the war Office On arriving
at the war department the first dispatch that
was shown him announced the nomination of
Andrew Johnson for vice president This is
strange" said he, refectively; Il thought it
was usual to nominate the candidate for
president first" His informant was aston
ished. Mr.. President" said he. "have YOU
not heard of your own renominauon3 1t
was teleSraphed TO You at the White House
two hours ago. n. Lincoln had rot seen
the dispatch-had made no inquiry about it
had not SO much as thought about it.
On reflection Mr.. Lincoln attached great
Importance 10 this singular occurrence. 1t
reminded him, he said, Of an ominouS Incl
dent OF mysterious character which occurred
Just after his election IN 1860. IL vas the
double image Of himself IN a looking glass.
which he saw while living on lounge in his
own chamber az Springfield. There was
Abraham Iincoln's face rejecting the full
glow of health and hopeful life, and in the
same mirror, at the same moment of time,
was the face of Abraham Lincoln showing
Ghostly paleneSS. On irving the experiment
at other times, as coniirmatory tests, the IL
fusion reappeared and then vanished as be-
fore
Mr.. lincoln moro than once told me that
he could not explain the phenomenon: that
he had tried TO reproduce the double rehec-
ton at the executive mansion. hut without
success; that it had worried Inn no. little,
and that the mystery had its meaning. which
was clear enough 10 him To his mind the il
fusion was n sign--the life like image betoken-
ing safe passage through his first term as
president, the gkostly one that death would
overtake him before the close OF the secoud.--
Ward II. Lannon's Letter